GreyEyedGhost

There is a 1% variance between the popular vote and the seats they hold this election. I just checked for previous elections, and it is certainly disproportionate in all the previous ones, and not in their favor a couple times to the point of losing official party status.

I'd still be happier if someone asked the question and they answered it, rather than just assuming. They do tend towards the more socially progressive stance.

I've said elsewhere there were only 3 real options available to them, and this was one of them. The fact of the matter is, the leader of the Conservative Party is chosen by Conservatives and he gets elected by a riding, and those are two different things. Now, if the people in this new riding think he should be gone, then he most likely will be, both from that riding and the party. And if Conservatives in general think this was the wrong choice for the party, we will see the results of that in the next general election if not sooner.

Now, I'm not saying I disagree with your assessment, and I personally think the Conservatives made the wrong choice (not surprising, I didn't vote for them), but these are the choices we've established in our system. Perhaps this is one that should be changed, perhaps not.

My employer funds my shitposting here on Lemmy, the only difference is they aren't aware of it.

As unpalatable what they do in their free time is, I think you have to draw the line somewhere on what you're okay with supporting. I don't think it's okay, for example, for a delivery driver for a brewing company to be fired for drinking a different brand of beer, but it is okay for him to be fired for assaulting someone while on the company clock. Where this line is drawn is going to vary from person to person. I personally would be happier if they had a clearer separation of their personal and professional activities. I'm not sure if I will donate to them or not at this point. I have donated to my instance, which doesn't appear to pass donations on to the developers, which means I will have to actively make a decision for where I stand on this 😬. It would be easier if their test bed didn't also promote their unpalatable views.

My bad, he was in fact elected in a general election, although there were rumors about him running in a by-election shortly before that, and all of that was before he was even leadervof the Liberals. I honestly, don't remember anything about him in politics prior to leading the Liberals except that half-remembered by-election tidbit.

Another relevant example would be when Preston Manning resigned and Stephen Harper ran in his riding after being newly chosen to lead the Conservatives. There were a number of reasons for that to happen, and a bit of political maneuvering to have them all happen at the same time.

I wish I'd seen this before I installed EmuDeck. I may have to jump ship.

And I need more info on the pizza wars. Off I go.

Do you have any evidence of this, or is it just an opinion? I tried to find anything regarding their stance on PR and came up blank, which may not be a good sign.

Realistically, an informal coalition between the NDP and the Bloc could give them both immense power. If neither support the Liberals, then they will have to rely on the Conservatives, which seems unlikely. If they have a few key goals in common that the Liberals don't strongly oppose, they could very well push those through. I'd love for PR to be one of those, but as I said before, I can't find a stance for the Bloc.

The key issue seems to be people with poor mental health and/or critical thinking skills making poor decisions. The obvious answer would be to deal with their mental health or critical thinking issues, something which very few countries in the world are doing to any useful degree, but the US is doing worse than most developed countries.

Or we could regulate or ban AI. That seems easier.

That sounds pretty fucking funny. Not terribly productive, but the stuff memes are made of.

Have to downvote, sounds pretty awesome.

"Today I choose violence" punctuation edition.

If I was looking for a more awkward bathroom experience than using a trough, this would be on the list.

Sorry, I misread that.